Cover structure for magnetic recording and reproducing device

Abstract

A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg portion at one side face does not correspond to the location of a leg portion at the other side face; and a bottom cover having a plurality of retaining portions 2e in correspondence with the leg portions 1e at each side face of the lower cover formed by bending portions of the side faces. The top cover and the bottom cover are integrally engaged together by fitting the retaining portions into the cutouts of their corresponding leg portions. A plurality of top covers are successively press-cut from a metal plate such that a leg portion of a particular top cover is positioned between the leg portions of another top cover that is adjacent to the particular top cover, thus reducing the amount of scraps produced from the metal plate. Accordingly, the invention makes it possible to produce a magnetic recording/reproducing device at a lower cost.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A magnetic recording/reproducing device comprising: a pair of top and bottom covers that integrally engage each other to form an enclosure;   a mechanism body accommodated in said top cover and said bottom cover;   a printed board having mounted thereon a circuit component part for driving said mechanism body or a connector; and   a motor serving as a driving source of a mechanism for moving a head, said motor being exposed through the opening along with the connector:   wherein said top cover has a smaller front-to-back side dimension than said bottom cover in order to form an opening above a rear end of said bottom cover so as to expose the connector through the opening, the rear end of said bottom cover having formed thereon a limiting wall for limiting the horizontal movement of an external connector to be connected to the connector.   
     
     
       2. A magnetic recording/reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein the limiting wall is formed on the left and right sides of the connector so as to oppose each other.